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Te Waonui for week ending 24 March 2019
Coming up on Te Waonui - how Maori are offering their support to Muslim whanau following the terror attacks, how haka is being used for students to heal and in other news Air New Zealand reject… Audio
Man denied job because of ta moko and tatau
A man with Maori ta moko and Samoan tatau has been turned down for a customer service role at Air New Zealand because of his tattoos. Sydney Heremaia says it's not just ink. The works have cultural… Audio
Māori leaders critique 'this is not us' sentiment
In the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks Māori leaders are telling New Zealander to reject the notion that "this is not us." They are sending their aroha to Muslim whanau, but say this is not… Audio
The use of rongoā Maori (traditional Maori remedies) in battle
Rongoā Practitioner David Kukutai Jones researched the use of native plants to heal wounds suffered on the battlefield both in the NZ Land Wars and inter tribal warfare. David says the plants… Audio
Korowai controversy falls between the cracks
Organisers of an elite sports event with big-name backers stood accused of disrespecting Maori art and culture, sparking a strong social media response. It looked like a story with legs but only one…
VideoTe Waonui for week ending Friday 15 March 2019
Coming up on Te Waonui - Hundreds hikoi to parliament to protest a proposed housing development at Ihumaatao --- Submissions have been heard by MPs to entrench the Māori seats in parliament --- and… Audio
Group marches on Parliament over Ihumatao land dispute
A group with ancestral links to land at Ihumatao is calling on the government to revoke consent for a housing development there. About 300 people were at Parliament today to present an 18,000-strong… Video, Audio
Depleted toheroa beds struggling to recover
Decades of depletion of toheroa beds have left the shellfish struggling to recover. Dr Phil Ross, is a marine ecologist at the University of Waikato, based in Tauranga. His research focuses on why… Audio, Gallery
Marae and others object to toilets on Russell wharf
A controversial plan to revamp the historic Russell wharf with a cafe and toilets is set to get final sign-off within a fortnight. The government's offered a million-dollar grant for the job from the… Audio
Ihumatao protesters take their fight to Parliament
Maori land activists are demanding the government step in and stop a housing development in South Auckland, or risk confrontation on the land. Those protesting the development at Ihumatao will deliver… Audio
Great Barrier islanders take waste woes to court
Great Barrier islanders are going to the High Court to stop millions of cubic metres of waste from Auckland and Waikato developments - including the Americas Cup Village - being dumped off its… Audio
Descendants honour kuia painted in the 1970s at Auckland exhibition
Artist Harry Sangl immigrated to New Zealand in 1971 and soon set off in his caravan to the rural Tuhoe Valley to ask kuia – elderly Māori women – if he could paint their portraits. Sangl was met with… Audio
The real origins of NZ Golf’s so-called ‘korowai’
NZ Golf wouldn't tell us who made the so-called 'korowai' it bestowed on the winner of the NZ Open, but we can confirm it's faux fur, with rooster or turkey feathers and is sold by Rozcraft - starting… Video, Audio
Call for rahui on commercial eeling on Wairua river
The rivers campaigner Millan Ruka is calling for an end to commercial eeling on parts of two Northland rivers. Mr Ruka and hapu helpers have just finished a survey of eel numbers on the Wairua and… Audio
Bridges, Ardern fight over tax exclusions for Māori land
Questions from the opposition about tax exclusions for Māori land have prompted angry exchanges between the Prime Minister and National's leader Simon Bridges. Audio
Whirimako Black & Hinewehi Mohi. Sharing the aroha
Toku Reo Waiata is a one-night musical extravaganza forming the centrepiece of Aucklands Arts Festival. Whirimako Black & Hinewehi Mohi talk to Kathryn Ryan about the kaupapa of the event and why… Audio
Māori seek fair treatment under a capital gains tax
Māori interests don't want special treatment under a proposed capital gains tax, but they do want fair treatment. The Tax Working Group has suggested in the interests of equity, possible exemptions or… Audio
Cook Islands' search for Māori name reignites calls for change
Less than two weeks after New Zealand's Poverty Bay adopted its new dual name of Turanganui-a kiwa, the Cook Islands has commissioned a committee to also find an indigenous name. Audio
Mānuka planting scheme takes young Northland workers
Twenty young Northland men start work this week in the hills behind Moerewa - replacing what was once pine forest, with manuka. They're the first intake of Nga Mahuri o Ngati Hine - the saplings of… Audio
Papakainga creates affordable homes for Wairarapa whanau
As house prices continue to soar, Maori are using their land to create affordable homes for their people. A new social housing development and papakainga at Hurunui o Rangi marae in the Wairarapa has… Audio
